Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-25
Hitchcock's for your 4th Of July fire

In this place closed on FRIDAY.
For sash, doors, and wall paper call
at Fred Heidepriem's.
The next convention of the Masonic
grand lodge will be held in Deadwood
in June 1888.
Cochran again to the front IL lbs
granulated sugar for 81 90, the cheapest
house in the Black Hills.
Four hundred men are now employed
laying rails or the Cheyenne 4 North
ern railroad.
Choice lemons by the dozen or case
cheap at Hitchcock's.
F. A. Towner. Of Willow creek, is en-
gagged in the erection Of a new frame
residence on 8th street.
Sioux City Gold Dust -four, the best
-four in Custer county, $3.50 per 100 lbs
at Cochran's.
William Tarrant, a prosperous farmer
OF French creek, was in town on Tues
day with a load of choice green peas
and now potatoes.
The finest display Of confectioneries
in the city just received at H~itchcock's.
This place was favored with a very
refreshing shower on Thursday evening,
which, however, was insufficient to
meet the requirements of the crops in
this locality.
Sioux City Standard flour, 1910 per
100 ibs. All other goods at correspond
ing low prices at Cochran's.
MesSrs. Whine and Phinney, Of Hill
City, last week received the final pay
ment Of $4,000 from the Harvey Peak
company on their tin property on
Spring creek.
Assaying done at Booth & Webster's
Gold, $l.00; silver, sl.00 gold and sil-
yer, $3.50; copper 81 so; tin S1.O0; nickel
$500.
In the way of banks Dakota leads
twenty-five states of the Union. She
has 252 banks Of deposit, including 81
national banks. with a total banking
capital of s 6,250,0o0.
A social hop in honor of Mr.. Petit
grew, late principal in the public school
in this place, was given at Athens hall
on Monday evening. Mr.. Pettigrew
departed for speariish on Tuesday.
/. r. Crow, of the Douglas Advertiser
contemplates starting a newspaper at
Sturgis. which place, not Douglas, will
doubtless, hereafter be heralded by him
as the worlds wonderful future great"
The Rapid Republican claims to be
reliably informed that Mr.. James Will
SON., Of the Harvey Peak company, is
on his way back from England, and that
he will be in the Hills within q few
weeks.
Paul kleemann, the popular host Of
the Kleemann House, has, in addition
to other improvements recently made
In his establishment, completed the
granting of his Office in a most attractive
manner, rendering it one of the most
coy rooms to be found in the Hills.
The surveying party under Engineer
Whsle, of Rapid, who have been en-
gagged in correcting government surveys
III Custer and Fall River counties. re-
turned to that place last Saturday, hay
ing completed the work. The party
were to leave Rapid in a day or two on
another expedition along Spring creek.
The laws passed against poligamy by
the last session of congress apply to all
the territories. A marriage. to be legal,
must be registered i'm the office of the
probate judge. According to this law,
no marriage performed in this territory
since the passage of this law, six months
ago, is legal. SO says the Sioux Falls
Press.
Silver prospectors in the limestone
range express great confidence in the
future of that locality. J. c. Sanders,
who has been prospecting in that Sec
ton, brought in some fine looking ore
or Wednesday, taken from a well de-
fined vein of considerable magnitude,
which present every indication of high
grade ore.
The attention of our readers is direct
ed to the programme of the 4th of July
celebration in this city, which appears
in this issue Of the CHRONICLE. Word
received from nearly every point in the
Southern Hills indicates the presence of
the largest crowd in this city on this
occasion, that have aver assembled in
Custer county.
Capt. Haserodt, having completed the
interior improvements upon his hotel,
the Vienna, has this week turned his
attention to the matter of improving
the appearance of the exterior, by the
artistic application of paint of different I
colors, which in their their attractive +,
,'ending materially ad to the beauty of